1 Staff Funding Recommendation
2025-2026 Annual Action Plan for HUD Community Planni ng & Development Programs Table 1 – CDBG Sources and Uses
Sources – CDBG Amount Uses – CDBG % Amount
Annual Entitlement $7,098,936 Public Infrastructure 44.5% $3,269,611 Program Income $245,600 Affordable Housing 22.9% $1,680,000 Public Services 13.3% $975,138
Fair Housin g >1% $50,000
Administration & Compliance 18.6% $1,369,787
Subtotal $7,344,536 Subtota l 100% $7,344, 536
Table 2 – HOME Sources and Uses
Sources – HOME Amount Uses – HOME % Amount
Annual Entitlement $2,874,896.70 Affordable Housing 69.8% $2,398,833 Program Income $563,900 CHDO Housin g Development 12.5% $431,235 Tenant Based Rental Assistance 9.3% $321,240
Administration & Compliance 8.5% $287,488.70
Subtotal $3,438,796.70 Subtota l 100% $3,438,796.70
Table 3 – ESG Sources and Uses
Sources – ESG Amount Uses – ESG % Amount
Annual Entitlement $616,438 Emer gency Shelter/Street Outreach 34% $209,589 Rapid Rehousin g 40% $246,586
Homelessness Prevention 15.5% $95,548
HMIS 3% $18,483
Administration & Compliance 7.5% $46,232
Subtotal $616,438 Subtotal 100% $616,438
Table 4 – HOPWA Sources and Uses
Sources – HOPWA Amount Uses – HOPWA % Amount
Annual Entitlement $1,074,810 Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS/HIV 98% $1,629,616
Prior Year Resources $587,049.41 Administration & Compliance 2% $32,243.41 Subtotal $1,661,859.41 Subtota l 100% $1,661,859.41
2 Project Funding Summary
Table 5 - Project Funding Summary
PRIORITY AREA PROJECT CDBG HOME ESG HOPWA
Homeless & Homelessness
Prevention
Emergency Solutions Grant $616,438 1
Homeless & Homelessness
Prevention
Housing Opportunities for People
with AIDS/HIV $1,629,616
Homeless & Homelessness
Prevention
Tenant Based Rental Assistance $321,240
Affordable Housing Housing Rehabilitation (Non-Profit) $400,000 Affordable Housing Housing Rehabilitation (City
Provided) $1,280,000
Affordable Housing Affordable Housing Development $2,398,833 Affordable Housing Affordable Housing Development –
CHDO $431,235
Public Infrastructure &
Facilities
Facility Improvements $2,919,611
Public Infrastructure &
Facilities
Non-Profit Facility Improvements $350,000
Community Services Non-Profit Public Services $975,138
Administration &
Compliance
Program Administration $1,419,7872 $287,488.70 See note $32,243.41 TOTALS $7,344,536 $3,438,796.70 $616,438 $1,661,859.41
1 Administration funds of $46,232 are included in the ESG project total. 2 Includes $50,000 allocation to Fair Housing
3 NOFA Applications & Staff Funding Recommendations
Table 6 - Public Infrastructure
Applicant Program Title People
Assisted
NOFA
Score
NOFA
Rank
Amount
Requested
Staff Funding
Recommendation
Funding
Source
PARCS
Investing in
Southwest Fresno:
Maxie L. Parks
Community Center
HVAC System
1,000 92.6 1 $1,337,000 $1,337,000
CDBG
Helping Others
Pursue
Excellence
(HOPE)
Critical Repairs to
Keep Programs and
Services Thriving
800 58.8 2 $350,000 $350,000
Khalsa
Foundation
Infrastructural
Improvements to
Scale Mental Health
Services in Fresno
120 Ineligible N/A $177,032 $0
Self-Help
Enterprises
La Hacienda Mobile
Estates 132 Ineligible N/A $200,000 $0
Funds Requested/Recommended: $2,064,032 $1,687,000 Funds Available: $3,269,611
Amount Undersubscribed $1,205,579
4 Table 7 - Community Services1
Applicant Program Title People
Assisted
NOFA
Score
NOFA
Rank
Amount
Requested
Staff Funding
Recommendation
Funding
Source
Boys and Girls
Clubs
Educate and Inspire
Fresno Youth 1,050 95.6 1 $199,942 $199,942
CDBG
Poverello House
Culinary Workforce
Development
Program
100 94.2 2 $350,000 $350,000
Chinatown Fresno Chinatown Open for
Business 100 82 3 $40,000 $40,000
Central Valley
Justice Coalition
Youth Advocacy and
Mentorship Program 350 81.4 4 $162,139 $162,139
Highway City
Community
Development
Corporation
Continuing Paths to
Good Health 300 78.4 5 $23,057 $23,057
Pearl Transit Corp.
Oral Health Outreach
for Low-Income
Fresno Residents
4,200 Ineligible N/A $200,000 $0
BreakBox Thought
Collective
Kuumba: An Agile
Learning Center for
Culture, Creativity,
and Wellness
150 Ineligible N/A $699,153 $0
Upwards Care, Inc. Boost 100 Ineligible N/A $800,000 $0 Funds Requested/Recommended: $2,474,291 $775,138.00 Funds Available: $1,064,840
Amount Oversubscribed: $1,409,451
1 Community Services funding capped at 15% per 24 CFR 570.201(e)(1). 5 Table 8 - Owner-Occupied Home Rehabilitation
Applicant Program Title People
Assisted
NOFA
Score
NOFA
Rank
Amount
Requested
Staff Funding
Recommendation
Funding
Source
Self-Help
Enterprises
Housing Rehabilitation
Program 12 87.4 1 $400,000 $400,000 CDBG
Funds Requested/Recommended: $400,000 $400,000
Funds Available: $400,000
Amount Oversubscribed $0
Table 9 - Homeless and Homelessness Services
Applicant Program Title People
Assisted
NOFA
Score
NOFA
Rank
Amount
Requested
Staff Funding
Recommendation
Funding
Source
Poverello House
The HOPE Team:
Homeless Outreach
Progressive
Engagement
750 95.8 1 $204,367 $209,589
ESG
Central Valley
Justice Coalition Housing Support 10 87.4 2 $30,342 $0
Poverello House Rapid Re-Housing
Program 30 Withdrawn N/A $240,432 $0
WestCare
California, Inc. Project Unite 12 93.6 1 $240,432 $246,586 WestCare
California, Inc.
Project Unite
(Homeless Prevention) 4 93.6 1 $81,061 $95,548
6 Fresno Housing
Authority
ESG City of Fresno
Homeless
Management
Information System
N/A 64.6 1 $18,032 $18,483
Fresno Housing
Authority
Sierra Crossing, a
Valley Teen Ranch
Community
30 88.4 1 $450,000 $321,240 HOME
WestCare
California, Inc. The Living Room 150 96.2 1 $960,487 $960,487 HOPWA
Community
Medical Center HOPWA 180 93.4 2 $506,776 $669,129
South Tower
Community Land
Trust
Equitable Services and
Support for Black,
Queer and Pregnant
People
54 82.4 3 $299,943 $0
Pearl Transit
Corp.
Oral Health Outreach
for Low-Income Fresno
Residents Who Are
Living with AIDS/HIV
3,200 Ineligible N/A $160,000 $0
Funds Requested/Recommended: $3,191,872 $2,521,062 Funds Available: $2,521,062
Amount Oversubscribed: $670,810
7 Application Project Descriptions
Application
Program Title Application Program Description
Infrastructure & Facilities
PARCS
Department –
Investing in
Southwest Fresno:
Maxie L. Parks
Community Center
HVAC System
Maxie L. Parks is an existing community center owned and operated by the City of Fresno PARCS Department that serves the Southwest Fresno community year-round, between five to six days per week and up to seven days per week when activated as a warming or cooling center in response to extreme weather. This project will replace the center’s existing insufficient evaporative cooler system (swamp cooler) with an HVAC system, providing reliable heating and cooling year-round and creating a climate-controlled space for low-income and unhoused community members to seek refuge.
Helping Others
Pursue Excellence
(HOPE) – Critical
Repairs to Keep
Programs and
Services Thriving
Vision View Business Formation Center is a community-owned hub that empowers over 25 minority-owned businesses, supports more than 200 youth, and hosts nonprofit organizations delivering essential services and events to over 800 community members annually. This project would provide urgent roof repairs and new roofing on two of its three buildings to address immediate health and safety concerns. These repairs will stabilize critical infrastructure, prevent tenant displacement, ensure the continuation of community programs, and support Vision View’s mission to provide a safe, affordable, and accessible environment for Fresno’s underserved populations.
Khalsa Foundation
– Infrastructural
Improvements to
Scale Mental
Health Services in
Fresno
The Khalsa Community Center is the world’s first mental health and cultural center dedicated to Punjabi-Sikhs. Located in Fresno, California, the center aims to create a holistic space for fostering well-being, spiritual growth, and cultural enrichment of youth who are often overlooked and/or marginalized by society. Through services such as mental health counseling, community programs, and cultural events, the center’s mission is to build a resilient and connected community where members feel supported and empowered.
Self-Help
Enterprises – La
Hacienda Mobile
Estates
The project would replace utility laterals, address drainage and waterflow challenges, add lighting and security cameras, and incorporate ADA improvements at the La Hacienda Mobile Estates, formerly known as Trails End, a 60-space manufactured housing complex.
Owner-Occupied Home Repair
Self-Help
Enterprises –
Housing
Rehabilitation
Program
This program’s primary focus is to address critical health and safety issues, property aging, maintenance concerns, and code violations within existing units to significantly improve living conditions for Fresno’s most vulnerable residents. Through this program, Self Help Enterprises’ staff will work collaboratively with low-income homeowners and local contractors to address essential building components, including roofing, windows, and flooring, as well as crucial systems such as plumbing, electrical, cooling, and security. By addressing these vital aspects, the program ensures the well-being of owner-occupied households while enhancing the overall safet
y and quality of housing for residents throughout the City of Fresno. 8 Application
Program Title Application Program Description
Non-Profit Public Services
Boys & Girls Clubs
of Fresno Count –
Educate and
Inspire Fresno
Youth
The program will increase the afterschool enrichment programs for young people in low-income, high-crime neighborhoods in East, West, Central Fresno, and Pinedale. Programs will help girls and boys develop and adopt a healthy attitude and lifestyle; develop academic, behavioral, and social skills through homework completion, learning activities, and tutoring; support and guide teens in setting career goals and improving their employability skills; and provide teens with skill-building opportunities and hands-on work experience.
BreakBox Thought
Collective –
Kuumba: An Agile
Learning Center for
Culture, Creativity,
and Wellness
Comprehensive wellness hub that prioritizes and honors the lived experiences and cultural narratives of the Black community through art and storytelling.
Central Valley
Justice Coalition –
Youth Advocacy
and Mentorship
Program
The program engages and supports youth with greater risk factors for human trafficking and exploitation to prevent them from becoming victims, through a combination of 1-on-1 mentorship, education, individual support, and group programs. CVJC is a certified provider of three anti-human trafficking curriculums, in addition to our own tools, training, and resources developed over more than a decade of fighting trafficking in the Central Valley. CVJC advocates equip young people with tools to recognize traffickers and help them access resources to keep them and their communities safe.
Chinatown Fresno
– Chinatown Open
for Business
The program will add block-by-block business spotlights and printed/digital resource reports, rounding out technical assistance efforts.
Highway City
Development
Corporation –
Continuing Paths to
Good Health
The project continues to build on a trusted presence of health and wellness services in an underserved part of Fresno. There are monthly wellness clinics, outreach events, and health education that will be held at the Teague Resource Center, open to all families west of 99/Central Unified.
Pearl Transit Corp.
– Oral Health
Outreach for Low-
Income Fresno
Residents
Through providing both in home service, as well as street outreach services to unhoused individuals with the use of a mobile, van based dental scanning space, Pearl Transit and Oracle Dental supply no-cost, custom fit dental units that straighten, protect, or replace teeth. 9 Application
Program Title Application Program Description
Poverello House –
Culinary Workforce
Development
Program
The activity will expand Poverello House’s Culinary Workforce Development Program by increasing employment readiness services for 1) participants of the One Fresno Youth Corps Program and 2) participants of Poverello House’s Rehabilitation Program. The project would significantly expand upon the current CDBG-funded pilot program by increasing the number of participants impacted by 400% to serve a total of 100 participants. The project will prepare participants to gain careers within culinary services, community-based organizations, and government agencies.
Upwards Care, Inc.
– Boost
The program provides business support and technical assistance to in- home childcare providers serving children ages 0-5 and before- and after- school care up to age 13. Over 12 months, providers receive personalized coaching, operational tools, and marketing support to increase enrollment, improve revenue, and create jobs for low- to moderate-income individuals.
Emergency Shelter & Street Outreach
Central Valley
Justice Coalition –
Housing Support
The program would provide a transitional housing program that provides safe, trauma-informed housing for individuals impacted by human trafficking, including mothers with children who cannot access traditional residential programs. Along with housing, the program offers case management, trauma informed care, and wrap-around services to help participants achieve stability and long-term housing solutions. This program directly addresses homelessness prevention and supports vulnerable individuals on their path to recovery and independence.
Poverello House –
The HOPE Team:
Homeless
Outreach
Progressive
Engagement
The Homeless Outreach Progressive Engagement (HOPE) Team provides street outreach to people experiencing homelessness who live in the City of Fresno. The team aims to link people experiencing homelessness to navigation services, emergency shelter, and other supplemental services, such as Cal-AIM.
Rapid Rehousing
Poverello House –
Rapid Re-Housing
Program
The program would provide direct case management and rental support for those unhoused in the City of Fresno for up to one year. This program will support security deposits, pay for costs associated with arrears, and direct rental support. The case managers will work with program participants during this timeframe to develop a plan to sustain housing beyond the Rapid Re-Housing Program support.
10 Application
Program Title Application Program Description
WestCare
California –
Project Unite
The program would continue providing rapid rehousing and homelessness prevention services through Project Unite. During the grant period, Project Unite will provide at least 1) four (4) households with homelessness prevention services, 2) twelve (12) households with rapid rehousing assistance, and 3) sixteen (16) households with case management services. The program will engage homeless and chronically homeless individuals and families with extremely low incomes (less than 30% of the area median income), including Veterans who are not eligible for housing assistance through SSVF or HUD-VASH.
Homelessness Prevention
WestCare
California –
Project Unite
The program would continue providing rapid rehousing and homelessness prevention services through Project Unite. During the grant period, Project Unite will provide at least 1) four (4) households with homelessness prevention services, 2) twelve (12) households with rapid rehousing assistance, and 3) sixteen (16) households with case management services. The program will engage homeless and chronically homeless individuals and families with extremely low incomes (less than 30% of the area median income), including Veterans who are not eligible for housing assistance throu
gh SSVF or HUD-VASH.
Homeless Management Information System (HMIS)
Housing Authority
City of Fresno –
ESG City of Fresno
Homeless
Management
Information System
The program will provide a functioning Homeless Management Information system (HMIS) for purposes of gathering and analyzing community data from a variety of projects including those projects funded by Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG). This system will be used to assess the effectiveness of the homeless response system and inform decision making on housing and services needs for individuals/families experiencin
g homelessness.
Tenant Based Rental Assistance
Housing Authority
City of Fresno –
Sierra Crossing, a
Valley Teen Ranch
Community
The program would include two enterprises: 1) to continue housing for both elderly and families with children currently being assisted on the HOME TBRA project and 2) provide rapid rehousing in partnership with Valley Teen Ranch (VTR) for unhoused transitional aged youth (18-24) at VTR's permanent housing complex, Sierra Crossing, a Valley Teen Ranch Community. This part of the project will offer rapid rehousing and supportive services onsite or offsite to unhoused youth for a period of up to two
years.
Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS/HIV
Community Medical
Center - HOPWA
The program leverages a skilled multidisciplinary team from the Community Medical Centers Special Services Clinic, including a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and two experienced case managers who will deliver comprehensive support services for families and individuals affected by Human Immunodeficiency Viruses/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) and homelessness/housing insecurities.
The HOPWA funds would integrate the missing link of housing stability resources such as Short-Term Rental Assistance, Mortgage, and Utility (STRMU) assistance and additional Permanent Housing/Supportive 11 Application
Program Title Application Program Description
Services, with the robust medical, case management and outreach services offered through our federally funded Ryan White program that includes psychosocial assessments, nutritional evaluations, Substance Use Disorder (SUD) treatment referrals, and advocacy for accessing essential local, state, and federal government benefits.
Pearl Transit Corp.
– Oral Health
Outreach for Low-
Income Fresno
Residents Who Are
Living with
AIDS/HIV
Through providing both in home service, as well as street outreach services to unhoused individuals with the use of a mobile, van based dental scanning space, Pearl Transit and Oracle Dental supply no-cost, custom fit dental units that straighten, protect, or replace teeth for low- income Fresno residents who are living with HIV/AIDS.
South Tower
Community Land
Trust – Equitable
Services and
Support for Black,
Queer and
Pregnant People
The program would include a collaborative of three organizations that will provide housing assistance and housing-related supportive services for persons living with AIDS/HIV and their families. The specific communities and identities that the collaborative will focus on include pregnant women, college students, African-Americans, and LGBTQ+ individuals. The team brings specific lived experience with HIV/AIDS that will help with building trust and delivering culturally competent services to those most impacted by HIV/AIDS.
WestCare
California –
The Living Room
WestCare California, Inc. is the lead agency partnering with Fresno Housing to continue providing housing assistance and related support for people living with HIV and their families in Fresno County. In PY25, The Living Room will endeavor to provide Rapid Rehousing for twenty-six (26) households; Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) for thirteen (13) households; Short-Term Rent, Mortgage, and Utility assistance (STRMU) for twenty-six (26) households; Supportive Services for one hundred thirty- six (136) households; and Housing Information for one hundred fifty (150) households. The primary goals of the proposed program are to help participants achieve permanent housin
g and health stability.